This crossword No. 10109 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10109 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Energetic – hearty… : BOUNCING
5-across – … explosive! : BOMB
9-across – Adjust for sharp image : FOCUS
10-across – It’s read as a warning to disperse : RIOTACT
11-across – He’s fashionable and sophisticated : MANABOUTTOWN
13-across – Transfix : IMPALE
14-across – Relating to blood vessels : VENOUS
17-across – One speaking at length to block legislation : FILIBUSTERER
20-across – Makeshift camp : BIVOUAC
21-across – Wild cat – small weight : OUNCE
22-across – Spiritual teacher : GURU
23-across – Scrabble, for example : WORDGAME
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Polish – fan : BUFF
2-down – Open – release from grip : UNCLASP
3-down – Seasonal employees : CASUALLABOUR
4-down – Thin : NARROW
6-down – Dunedin is its chief town : OTAGO
7-down – Plant scientist : BOTANIST
8-down – : FORTHERECORD
12-down – Padded envelope : JIFFYBAG
15-down – Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia : OCEANIA
16-down – Norman Bates’s film : PSYCHO
18-down – Paramour : LOVER
19-down – Used to be : WERE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.